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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-13
New York and Washington Society.

The attitude Of New York society peo-
pie toward Washington is peculiar, and
they show their bumptious provincial
ism in dozen ways. One New York
woman who has spent a couple of sea-
sons here remarked kindly that she
could see great improvement in the
art OF dinner giving since she came to
Washington. s'Of course New York
dinners have always been perfect, but
here it is quite new thing, you know,
this dinner-giving," was her bland re-
mark. When repeated to few Wash
ington hostesses who have been giving
dinners for score of years there was an
immediate tempest in teapot. New
Workers have the coolest way Of making
just such speeches about Washington,
and assuming an air OF condescension as
if it were very kind in them to be amused
by the capitals doings; yet at the same
time they make all these pretensions
they come here and go the greatest
lengths to get into the full swim of So
ciety. President Arthur first made the
delights of capital society patent and
accessible to his New York friends, and
the fashion once established keeps itself
up. Until the unfortunate night when
she recited "'Ostler Joe' Mrs. Potter
thought Washington social life fascinat-
ing; after that she had chance to sec
its more frigid aspect, and changed her
mind. All hostesses who entertain are
beset by requests for friends from New
York, the place of their residence being
emphasized, as though giving the apph
cants particular value.-From Wash
ington Letter.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-13
The Cotton Movement.

The New York Financial Chronicle, IN
its weekly review of the cotton move
nents. SAYS that for the week ending
April l the total receipts have reached
Bib bales, against 46,295 bales last
week, 7,71G bales the previous week,
and 72,G53 bales three weeks slnce;
making the total receipts since lst Sep
tember. 1856, 5,O40,SS3 bales, against
4.S5. 5g7 bales for the same perlot Ct
1856, showing an increase since sep
tember /, 1855, OF 1870, 0,2S6 bales.
The ex ports for the week ending tina:
evening reach a total of 1929 bales, OF
which 49,S15 were to Great i5rltaln,
56O2 to France, and 21,S02 TO the rest
of the continent. The imports INTO
continental ports during the week have
been 60, 900 bales.
There was decrease in tie cotton n
sight FRIDAY night Of 2,02l bales as COM
pared with the same GATE OF 1856, an III
crease of ll9. .055 bales as compared with
the corresponding date OF 1883, and q
decrease OF 1915 bales as compared
with 1851.
The old interior stocks have decreased
during the week IS, Sl3 bales less than at
the some period last year. The receipts
at the same towns have been ,9to bales
more than the same week last gear, ana
since September l the receipts at all the
towns are 1906 bales more than 1or the
same time in 1SS5-S6.
The total receipts from the plantations
since September /, 1856. were 1 >, p 159, 99l
bales; in 1886 were ), lIG, 40 bales;
in 1SS4S5 were 4,l07,07O bales. Al
though the receipts al the outports the
past week were 81, bales, the actual
movement from plantations was only
3, 437 bales, the balance being taken
rom the stocks at the interior towns.
Last year the receipts from the planta-
tons for the same week were 36.36o
bales, and for 1850 they were 1881
bales.
The increase in the amount in siGhs
Friday night, as compared with LAST year;
is Is, $50 bales, the increase rs compared
with 1855 IS 62Q,372 bales, and the
increase over lSS3-S4 is 662,235 bales.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-13
MANNING CLARENDON COUNTY, s. g. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 49,

and by the end CT November 3e ready
ior the knife. II IS mistake 10 suppose
that tanners cannot raise their meat to
advantage az the present low prices OF
bacon. / f;;r:2ei, caD raise &lnost any
thing tioat !" aeeGS On his i.&r1n cheaper
than he Can buy il. In tae matter OF
meat, al th&t is require; IS that he
should arrange proyo%iy f0c it--n0t de-
pend exclusively. OF even largely, on the
corn-c:ib. Grazing lots, Bermuda and
clover, Johnson gIaSs lots for hogs 10
feed upon rootstochs OF in winter, plum
orchards, WIG cherries, Seeding peach
trees, acoIns, recs.mmons, etc, together
viii! sweet potatoes, peas and Grounc-
peas, pTeseut. cheap, inexpensive bill
OF iare upon which hogs can be very
easily raised ;:Iit; :,tte2cd. We are not
enterprising enough; we worG on from
veal to year il the same old ru;s, raising
corn and cotton and little else, and
trusting 10 the cotton crop TO supply al
our wants. lear after 2ear We have
fa!lcd, but hope never dies. The taUl
is in tic seasons, CT Tie guano dealers,
or the merchants, or something elSe; we
are blind to tie fact hat 1t is chiefly il
ourselves and our methods. We give q
thousand excuses for our failures, bat
never the right one. Now, before it IS
TOO late, pu5 some OF the land you had
prepared for cotton in sweet potatoes,
some in groundpeas, some IL katiir corn,
some in German nlillet and some in
forage corn.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-13
Romances CT The slavery Days.
grom the lndlananoIis Jourla..l

from the indianapolis Joufhai.!
There are more Tumances OF the cruel
days Of slavery among the colored peo-
pie, even a quarter OF century after
the emancipation proclamation, than
white-skinned people are generally
aware. 1t is quite customary Tor IL
ouir;es 70 be read from the pulplts OF
colored churches asking the whereabouts
of a brother OF Il sister, or perhaps q
mother or son, :rom whom the person
making the inquiry was separated either
during the war or before the war, when
families were divided by the auction
block. The other DAY a letter was read
from the pulpit of one OF the coIored
Baptist churches OF this city, IN which
brother asked about Il sister from
whom he had been separated for over
twenty years. The same letter had
probably been read, as Is the custom, II
nearly all the colored churches IN the
country. This one found an answer,
the sister being Louisa Smith, q worthy
colored woman, who has lived IL THIS
city many years, AMI IS now II the fam
ilv of Dr.. j. L. Thompson. The brother
is preacher III St. Joseph, No, and
they were separated III heHtucky Whs i
the war was IN progress.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-13
33GT3 As / @PEiIEEs.
Tie Great Actor Relates an Incidcn: from
His ;:cmarllabIe Career.
iron the San francisco Chronicle)

is [sCllariaDle career.
from the san Francisco Chroniclc)
LIZ. Booth is q most retiring and
tirn;d man about society. Aa IS the
only actor I ever met who is embarrassed
at compliment. Most actors, when
you tel them how well they do, imme-
diately proceed to explain to ycu that
they are really greater ac:ors th:n you
think they are. Nr. Booth seems to be
possessed by the unique conviction that
Shakespeare meant what he wIo:a, and
one OF his main breads is of t..e man
who wants to know whether Hamlet was
really insane or only feigning. de was
speaking OF lis reception at the BALDWIN
or the first light.
''Iou saw my reception on Monday
night" he said; ''and Ii couldn't
have said Thank you before that cur
tain.
He confessed TO making one speech,
but the result was not very encouraging.
Some years ago he went with his COM
pany to place to play one night. Ee
had beer specially requested &o1 10 play
Hamlet, rs the people Lad seen hinl
N that the year before and they wanted
something else. When they assembled
at The theatre they found the baggage
had gone astray and TIE costumes for
:sRicheIieu had not arrived. They mast
piay something else, and the only thing
they could DO was to make up q Dill OF a
farce and three acts of ''Hamlet, which
we're easiest to put On. Mr.. Booth went
out before the curtain and made g little
speech.
.Trey listened to lac, y he sad, ':and
when l got through a man in the front
Of the orchestra looked up and said:
ali right; give US "Hamlet. - | went
OIL feeling very proud OF my speech. |
had done oriiiilutiy, / thought. Just
,:acn 7 heard somebody talking II front
of the curtain. What's this, l said to
myself. Somebody oDjectins-a row
and l grew excessively nervous. Just
tGen one OF the men came il from the
frout OF the house. What's that: Who's
that talking out there?' oh, its all
right. It's the proprietor. They didn't
hear : word you said, and ne is explain
ing to them that you've changed the
bill. ,"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-13
Mrs. Cleveland among the Flowers.

Mrs. Cleveland IS an ardent adlnirer
OF the beautiful in nature. The con-
servatory and flower beds n the eXecu-
tive grounds receive daily = share Of her
attention. She has developed into a
gardener OF 10 ordinary merit and has
Isteiy personally supervised ,he work Of
Gardener FIistter. The 9ardenera2d his
assistants welcome ner presence among
them with delight, as her delicate praise
OF their horticultural! efforts hghtens the
burden OF tLeir work. They s:2ive ONLY
to please their beautiful mistress, and II
success attends their efforts the remain
ing portion OF the day after her morn
ing Visit IS vcry bright indeed TO them.
lie clarks il the east wing OF the State,
y,ar and l,ayy building also enjoy the
morning visits OF Mrs. Cleveland to the
gardens THIS morning she made her
usual visit, and, accompanied by the
gardener, Wake: through the incicsure
devoted tc flower beds, stopping now
AID then 10 pluck . flower. She WAS
clad in d dark morning dress and no
covering Ior her head, nor did she Wear
gloves, but delved into the earth with
her bare hands.-From the Baltimore
American.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-13
r';.cs *: :.:s North CarOnnR Tow.s.
From tho Wilmington STAR

The nres in the towns OF Norttl> Caro-
Ina ere particularly destructive. Lum-
!}erton vas the first 70 suffer, then Vii
son, ard now Oxford. The fire in the
last-named town destroyed the business
houses on one street, bur diG 40! reach
Main street. None of the towns is pre-
pared for Ere. They have al utterly IL
Sufficient supply OF water, and not many
Of them have the needed engines and
apparatus for putting out fires. For
thirty CT forty years Oxford had but two
or three buildings burnt, one L smoke
house. But for the last tbirty-t;ve years
it has suffered from many fires, and in
1854 or 1855 many business houses were
burned, causing loss of some So, 3,00O
or $40, 600. Not many months ago q lire
burned the old hotel and some stores.
Vow twenty-eight stores are in ashes.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-13
NOTES oE SOUTHERN PROGRESS.

A wood working factory is to be
erected at Loagwood, Fla.
II is reported that q box facIory vii
be built al Judsonia, Ark.
The Presbyterians will build S10,-
900 church al Franklin, Tenn.
4 large brick manufactory has been
established at Darlington.
: large tobacco factory is reported to
be erected at Knoxville, Tenn.
1t is reported that a canning factory
will be established at Lowry, Fa.
j. O. Cross is erecting machinery for
a shoe factory at Admission, Ala.
A $4,000 company has been formed
at Annison, Ala, to build gas works.
\ company has been organized ct
DanvilIe, Va, to build street railroad.
Several parties at Kingston, y. c.,
contemplate establishing a starch factory.
William Craig is erecting machinery
at Knoxville, tenn, to manufacture
shoes.
4 company is being orgadized 70
build 4 tobacco factory at Cla-kesville,
Tenn.
1t is reported that /. canning factory
IS to be established at knoxville, Tenn,
soon.
a company VIII probably be formed
at Chattanooga, Tenn, to manufacture
patent lamp.
C. c. Post &nd others have organized
a company al Dous!asyi.le, Ga 70 erect
a canning factory.
Il is proposed to organize & 50, 900
stock company at Thib&daux, La, to es-
ta5lisl a canning factory.
Tie sum Of S25, 900 has been raised to
erect pork packing establishment at
Columbia, Tenn.
The Chattanooga Paper Bcx Conpa-
ny, Chattanooga, Tenn, VIII enlarge
their factory about May l.
Il is reported that oIr. Madison, Cape
Girardeau, No, viii establish furni-
ture factory at Florence, .la.
The Arkansas Pump and Pipe Corr
pany has been Incorporated at Little
Rock, Ark, with D. G. Jones as presi-
dent.
II is reported that company viii be
formed at Nashville, Tenn, to establish
pottery and tccracotta works.
The Judsonia Canning and Evaporat-
ing Company, capital stock $1,000, has
been incorporated at Judsonia, Ark.
Canning & Son, Selma, Ala., have
purchased machinery TO double the
capacity OF their carriage and wagon
factory.
D. S. Forney and Samuel z. New
berry, CT Wytheville, Virginia, have
purchased ! 500 acres Of iron ore lands
in Pulaski county for $500
The Central Manufacturing and il1.-
provemen5 Company las been formed 81
Lovely Mount, Virginia, and will start
brick works and q wood working factory.
The Gate City Land Company, capital
stock $500, 900, has been Incorporated at
Birmingham, Ala, 10 start manufac-
turing town about five niles from Bir-
mlngham.
0. T. Case, j. 4. q. Bell and y. V.
Dyer have leased a building at Atlanta,
Ca, and Will ft it up with machinery
for soap factory. They will be known
as the Georgia Soap Company.
The Bessemer Manufacturing Com
pany, capital stock $4,000, has been
organized at Birmingham, Ala., to man
ufacture at Bessemer, sash, doors and
blinds. S. T. Brittle is President, and
A. S. Camp, Secretary and Treasurer.
The Helena Street Railroad Company.
capital stock SO, 900, has been organized
al Helena, Ark, with Greenfield Quarle
as president, D. I. Hargraves, secretary,
and S. Il. Homer, treasurer. The
company will build their road al once.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-13
BEECuEH on TIE JEWS.
His Letter Recommending = Hebrew a
,iiniSi er to Turkey.
(Frora the New York Tines

(FrOI2 the New O:N ilNyS.)
When Oscar S. Straus. now Minister
to Turkey, was being urged for tha5
Office by bis friends, Henry Ward
Eeccher, Il warm friend of }Er. SIRIUS;
wrote tie following letter. j IS r9c11-
liar letter. j. tells more definitely than
any words other than its own can de-
scribe the broad craftsmanship and al
vanced position OF Brooklyn'5 famous
pastor:
"BaooN1yS, y. Y, Feb. u, 1857.
::GNoyER C1.L;vEL>'D.
sDaAE M&. PRESIDENT: Some OF our
best citizens are soicitious for the ap-
pointment CT Oscar Straus as chnlster
to Turkey. OF his fitness there IS a
general consent that be IS personally
and il attainmcnts eminently excellent.
.sEat an Interested in another qual-
it--the tacf tat he is Hebrew. lhe
bitter prejudice against Jews which OBJ
tains in many parts Of Europe ought not
to receive any countenarce IN America:
1t is because he IS a Jew that / Tor,id
urge bis appointment as a fit reccgnl-
ton of this remarkable people, who are
becoming large contributors to Amer1-
can prosperity and whose intelligence,
morslity and large iberality il al pub
tic measures for the welfare OF society,
deserve and should receive from the
hands of our government some such
recognition. Is it not also duty to set
forth in this quiet, but effeetual, method
the genius Of american Government,
which has under It's fostering care peo-
ple of all civilized nations and which
treats them without regard to civil, re-
lisious or race peculiarities as common
citizens? We send Danes to Denmark,
Germans to Germany; we reject no man
because he is a Frenchman. Why
should we not make crowning testl-
mony to the genius CT our people by
sending a Hebrew to Turkey? The.
ignorance and superstition OF medieval
Europe may account for the prejudlces
Of that dark age. But how Christian
in our day can turn from jew cannot
imagine. Christianity itself sucked at
the bosom of Judaism; our roots are II
the Old Testament. We are Jews our
selves gone to blossom and fruit.
Christianity is Judaism in evolution,
and it would seem strange for the seed
to turn against the stock on which It vas
grown. HENRI WARD BEEcEEE.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-13
Married Women Twice Their Ages.

In 1881 the Baroness Burdett-Couttsm mar
ried Mr.. Bartlett, who was more than 80
years her junior, and Marian Evans, or
George Elliott, was much older than Mr..
Cross, whom she married in 1880, after the
death of Mr.. Lewis TO go further back,
Zine. De Stael, another famous woman OF
letters. was 46 when in 1872 she took for a
second husband VI de Rocca, g young
French officer OF 25. Probably, too, near
II everybody can recall instances Of mar
riages like these which have occurred with
Z the range Of his own acquaintance and
among people less distinguished; and such
unions are frequently reported in the news
papers.-New York Sun.
An Instructor asked q French girl why
beer in French was feminine. She replied
that it was probably owing to the fact that
the boys liked it so well.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-13

Tie removal Of Prof. Sanbor1, OF \.
a., after being pronounced iacurable by
a score OF physicians, from Los Vegas,
\. NJ, to his home, was effected by ad-
ministering DR.. Harter's Iron Tonic,
which has restored him to his former
good health,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-13

a creamery is being erected at Madi-
son Station, Miss.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-13

y, the grass which usually comes up
with the cotton VII be killed. Nothing
contributes more 10 the easy, pleasant
working OF cotton crop rhau TO begin
plowing it early and plowin9 il o!ten Il
the early stages oE g,owtA. We Gener-
ally leave TOO muci: io2 the 12e to do.
BY running the plow ea-l.., properly
and often the boe-work rtag be greatly
reduced. One thing IS very c-e&r, :lat
unless the cost Of proGuctloG can Sc re-
duced there viii be 1ery Et!le profit IL
cotton at present prices.
As soon as cottor-planain5 IS finished,
early-plantel corn vii be re&Gy for IT.
first working. Ii planted n y;&ter-iul'-
row manure may now be dropped neac
the hill of corn, and the first ptowin2
will cover it up. In this case also So
the wing OF the scrape next the corr 50
it will run very Tat and thro" only 4
moderate quantity Of dirt into ;ae watec,
furrow and about the corn. It IS quite
injurious to corn to dirt it heavily wlel
it is young, and force 1t to throw out
new roots near the surface before 1t Is
ready to do so. Corn naturally throws
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-13

Armed Ken Enter the County .;'sil and
Enrciaiy Capture their Prisoners and
t;,u.s Them to Trccs--No Clue to the
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-12

The proprietors of the Statesman
publish a card demanding of the
legislative council, . full and fair
investigation of the charge. made
by that paper, against its presiding
officer Judge Mayhem. 1t guaran-
tees to prove that Mayhem did
make the statement imputed to him
in reference to General Logan.
Snow on the More's Greek sum-
NIT is said to be 16 feet deep, 4 feet
at Idaho City and Z feet at Center
Vile. This will cause big freshet
in the Spring and will afford the
placer miners in the Basin . good
run next season.
u Aesayer H. F. Wild has in
structions not to collect express
charges on bullion deposits here
after. This places the Boise assay
Office on an equality with the New
York assay office or the Philadel-
phia mint, and 10 q matter Of i'm
portance to Idaho miners.
Patrick Collins Post G.. A. r. has
received a handsome card OF
thanks from the people of Charles
ton, South Carolina, for the contri-
button sent for the relief Of the
earthquake sufferers in that city.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-12

The interstate bill has been
signed by the president and, unless
upset by the courts. will be, for bet
ter or for worse. the law Of the
land. That it will be brought into
the courts is certain. During the
discussion of the bill in the senate
Senator Ingalls,, who has a pointed
way of putting everything, re-
marked:
"Thi, is bill which practically nobody
wants and which everybody intendsto vote
for, . bill which nobody Is satisfied with
and which everybody intends to accept, .
bill which nobody knows what it means
and yet we have all agreed it ought to pass "
Another member, referring to
the ambiguity of the measure, said
Suppose that the great lawgiver had
constructed the ten commandments with
said: Thou shalt not steal; thou shalt
not bear false witness: thou shalt not covet
-contemporaneOuslyO or under substantial.
" similar circumstances and conditions "
or suppose, at the conclusion Of the deca.
logue the following provision had been
added: Provided, however, that upon ap-
plic alton to the high priest or ecclesiastical
Commissioners appointed under the prOvis-
ions Of this act persons 50 designated may
be authorized to cheat, steal, bear false
witness or covet, and said commission may
from time prescribe the extent to which
said persons may be relieved from any or
all of said commandments" Under such
circumstances would not the world have
been without moral law from Moses to Gull
lom and from Mount Sinai to Pixies Peak p
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-12

Compared with other winters a
full quota of snow has fallen during
the present season. February is
proving to be a very disagreeable
month both in storms and winds.
1t is estimated that the entire fall
of snow during the winter has been
twelve feet, and at present it lays
at the depth of five feet on the level.
Intervening days of warm, sunshiny
weather and a moderate tempera-
ture melted the snow to a great ex-
tent, but outside of the beaten paths
and travelled roadways locomotion
is hardly possible without the as
sistance of snowshoes. The prev
alence of wind storms drifting the
SNOW in some localities to a great
depth has given no little trouble to
the railroads, and the Branch line
has only been kept open by keep
ing snow plows constantly at work.
With the many difficulties to con-
tend with, the trains have been
kept going and coming on remark
able good time, the delays not be-
ing so numerous or long as expert
enced last summer when the road
was unobstructed. Reports from sur
rounding localities are very meagre
but all showing that the fall Of snow
has been great. Some apprehen-
sion is felt that stock will suffer to
a great extent, as in some places
feed is so poor and hard to get at
that cattle are suffering. On Camas
Prairie the fall has been sufficient to
insure plenty of water for next
season and the people there look
forward to large crops Of grain and
vegetables as . result; Up Warm
Spring creek a number Of slides
have been reported covering the
road to a great depth.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-02-12

bura wae in course Of erection, to
take the place Of the one destroyed
bv FIRE work went ahead in the
mine. taking out Ore and running
a raise. The company is working
the Pioneer, the mammoth mine OF
Idaho, every foot of the vein being
paw ore for over thirty feet in
width. Work is now being carried
on near the surface, but the mine
is known to be good at the depth
of four hundred feet, q cross-cut
having been run from the four
hundred level of the Gold Hill, and
tapped the Pioneer.
Idaho Recorder. Jan. q.
The sale of mines belonging to
Messrs. Myers, Crumbly, McCul-
Tough, Hopkins and Mcleod, locat-
ed on Pine creek, about three miles
below the Sam James, Brown 4
Pollard properties, is now an ac-
compliehed fact, the money being
all paid and the deeds passed. The
company formed to work these
properties is composed of men OF
wealth. The officers are: VIM. II.
Elliott, President; VIM. B. Wood,
Treasurer; VIM. w. Wood, Secre-
tary, with headquarters in Phila-
delphia. The capital stock is $780,
GOO, which is held principally by
the above-named parties.
Edward Lyon, charged with
shooting Gale Davis in the Dyna-
mo affair not long since, has been
released from Jail on 81 900 bail.